Cooper Bussmann closing its doors

The closing of the Cooper Bussmann plant on Dixie Trail by its parent company, Eaton Corp., will affect 132 employees. A company spokesman said this morning that 60 of the employees will be transferred to the Bussmann plant in LaGrange.

Company officials have told employees at the Cooper Bussmann plant at 210 Dixie Trail that the facility will close by next summer. The plant, which has operated in Goldsboro since 1983, employs about 132 employees, 60 of whom are...